Pasha's intimate bedroom recordings come alive with a 5 piece ensemble, recorded on the very device he so consistently laments, a cell phone. Cleaned up with three part harmonies, these new arrangements are the sweeping introduction to the rocking new vision of Pasha & The Kindred Spirits--screeching the pain of our cyberpunk universe out to the world in it's clearest voice to date.

What started as a solo project comes to fruition as a wildly energetic, freely collaborative full band on Inkmouth's third release. Beautiful four-piece rhythmic arrangements are tucked expertly beneath vocal melodies, creating smart pop greatness. Indie-influenced rock music communicating both a wide vision of the world, and an awareness of the tiny place one person occupies in it.

The super catchy, harmony-laden sophomore LP from Outta Gas tells the story of another bad winter in NYC. Funny, clear-eyed, and deeply personal songs that grapple with the knowledge that life and love in OG's all-consuming home city are generally on some bullshit. An alternate reality where '..And Out Come The Wolves' is set in Brooklyn instead of Oakland, where Tim is tortured by a nonstop influx of cellular data, "Meet Me For A Drink" is cynical as hell and densely packed with the most memorable hooks since Weezer blue.

Guitarist, producer, and songwriter Fuzzy Hell's third collection of articulate, brilliantly unique songs reflects reality through the lens of the I Ching, grounding itself in the balance of dark and light elements.

Anthemically intimate 60's pop melodies howled at an indifferent laptop. Lyrical, catchy songs pull you in, while shitty computer distortion shoves you back from the fragile revelations of a conflicted heart.

A galactic, intricate wall of sound spanning wide extremes of intensity and gentleness. Intensely personal songs that work toward reconciling the dualistic experience of individual identity and life as partnership.

A song per-day writing project with arrangements intentionally limited to acoustic guitar and computer mic evolves into a gentle, beautifully delicate record of dreamy introspection and reflections on everyday absurdity. Simple components add up into gentle but powerful whole.

A melody-rich harmonic guitar band interpreting its country and rock roots into powerful mathy arrangements. Sweet, self-deprecating lyrics contrast the need for change with the fear and uncertainty that pull you right back to the devil you know.

This heartfelt, passionate 45 sums up the worst of the Brooklyn winter, processing the grind and anxiety of life in America's most wound-up city. If the human condition is to experience media content and billboards instead of people or life, then these punk tunes about the natural destructive force of NYC are just the folk songs of our cyber-punk, data-phone universe.

If We Were Mariachis" Cassette by Fellow Project(released 2003 by Burn It Down Rebuild, reissued 2015 by LOI)

A re-issue of the group's second record, originally released on CD-R in 2003 by Long Island DIY punk label burnitdown/REBUILD. Capturing the bands early evolution as they develop a spacious and beautifully fragile hybrid of indie-rock and folk-punk, this cassette showcases the stripped-down roots of Fellow Project's powerful, dissonance-infused rock.

Palmkite return to their roots with this collection of super-clean, mathy post-emo songs evolved from endlessly shifting rhythmic and harmonic variation. Thoughtful lyrics resonate with a deep compassion as they work to understand and integrate people, perspectives and memories.

A self-recorded cassette from rehearsals for an east-coast in support of 'Tarantula'. Recorded at practice a few months after the studio version, this release shows the arrangement revisions that take place over time through the group's continual workshopping process.

Open spaces made with electric guitar and four-track cassette, focused on the creation process without much intention or control exerted. Produced contemporaneously with 'Tarantula', '4-track demos' reveals the fluid, primal energy that Mike brings to Giant Peach in a raw and pure form.

Fun, philosophical american folk-punk that rambles and jokes its way into some pretty deep observations. An awesome rock n' roll record that sees the depth of the world but whenever possible leans toward the laugh.

People who played on this album also made:Hotshot LP, Haircut II, Bluke Wellshot

Laptop mic demos of the first five of thirty songs collaged from the Bluke Wellshot notebook in 2015. Intended as a lyrical counterpoint to the dark tone of 'Northside Gang', which had been written in 2012 but was just nearing completion at the time of these recordings.

This HiFi full-length from upstate/downstate hybrid Womyn Boize works seriously at perfecting the techniques of the hardcore form while playing around with the stiffness of the culture. If your not now, you probably always will be.

Lyrically-based, modern American pop-punk. Merging a headful of modern folklore with a constant influx of cellular data, this super clean full-length is about living within the social and economic boundaries of turn-of-the-century NYC.

An excellent punk band creating a record in an inspiringly ethical way. Splitting the release with over 100 small labels in Europe, Japan and the U.S., Rations put out a 7" that cost everyone next to nothing, belonged to everyone involved and encouraged people to think innovatively about making records. The amazing physical artwork reflects the meaning of the lyrics, communicating a political and philosophical thought process about anarchism and law.

This split release from Rok Lok Records and LOI is a fine-tuned indy-pop ep of colorful, tightly constructed songs about survival and truth. With subtle guitar layering and articulate drums, the group works together with cool ease ranging from the calm-in-the-storm intensity of 'Almost Dying' to the subtle brilliance of 'No Fire'.

Sympathy for the animal with a human mind. Clear voice and uniquely beautiful guitar playing complemented by a few strange pedals and a 15-Watt amp. Cardinal Grand Cross stares calmly at truths all too often ignored.

Testing out an idea for a series of collaborative comps, Screen House Music created a short loop and sent it to some local musicians, each of whom used it as the basis for a new composition. The resulting album holds a range of divergent thought processes and a steady continuous thread running throughout.

If LOI comps were an artist, this would be an experimental period. Rather than a collection of songs from artists we grew up with, this comp is in the DIY tradition of inviting everyone met on tour or at shows to contribute. Ranging from punk bands experimenting with new material to solo artists exploring the inner space, LOI Summer Comp III brings attention to the wide range of artists crossing paths leading up to 2012.

4-track demos from life on the rust belt when FSTT wasnt playing, finished up after a 3-month tour on an Iowa/ Texas/ New Orleans loop playing guitar for Summer People in support of their album 'Teamwork'.

Frances Chang beautifully vocalizes her understanding in these explicit, unapologetic songs, peeling back layers of meaning to examine the deeper implications of surface events with raw honesty and musical power. A collection of home recordings featuring many songs that would be reinterpreted in Giant Peach.

Recorded in the wake of touring basements and local art spaces from PA to Michigan to Kentucky, the songs on 'Weird Life' describe feeling more at home on the road than in everyday life and wondering what comes next.

A tape that catches Nude Beach's explosive live sound as they transition from one of NYC's best punk bands to one of the USA's best Rock 'n Roll bands. Recorded at rehearsal before a rare gig at Gunthers, the Northport dive where clammers, poets and cocaine enthusiasts have long gathered to drink themselves into the grave.

Super personal demos of Luke alone in the basement at 3 in the morning. Thinking about morals and judgement, trying to stay on the right side of right and grappling with the idea that there are no objective rights or wrongs. Acoustic folk-punk songs conveying moments of extreme clarity through shitty tape deck fuzz, acknowledging life's complexity and the uncertainty of treating any path as the right one.

Inspired by Swedish hardcore and American crust, Haircut is intense punk rock that somehow feels fun instead of scary. Thoughtful lyrics yelled from inside a burning building and colorful, explorative guitar melodies on a crunk, crunk rhythmic substrate give rise to some of the most original punk out there.

This powerful album oscilates between a personal and a mythic scale, voicing the disillusionment of heartbreak with compassion, rage and clarity. Acoustic performances processed through effects pedals resonate an Orphic cosmos where mind and biology are inextricably bound by fate.

Giant Peach expands into an open range as a new density of rhythmic and harmonic ideas allows wide experimentation with new methods. Songs about respecting the truth of internal experience and experiencing the truth of an unfathomably massive world.

A collection of songs loosely structured from improvisations, evolving naturally from the pairing of two unique harmonic styles and experimental percussion. The music on this digital release was uploaded from one of the ten 'Your Birthday" cassettes (each a unique performance) in addition to a tape of the group's only live show.

The groups second EP deals with discrepancies of internal vs external reality and uncertainty over who or what can be trusted in life. A wider range of instrumentation and more experimental production diversifies the tone of the nuanced, innovatively structured songs.

Intricately crafted dissonant breakdowns with audio clips from rom-coms diffusing the atmosphere of weird masculinity. A bunch of oddball perfectionists make sweet hardcore to pass the northern winter.

The first SHM record developed in a predominately electronic medium evolves a harmonic style in context of patterns layered with keyboard, guitar and voice. Centering on 'Earth Moving', an experimental composition shifting through scales of magnification, Small Plants blends synthetic, acoustic, lyrical and instrumental perspectives.

A gentle and far-out collection of dreamy, intimate guitar-and-voice recordings. This tape consists of the handful of songs Brian was comfortable with releasing from four full-lengths of his beautiful early songwriting.

A collection of heart-on-your-sleeve emo pop songs skillfully layered into a full band arrangement, Stay In The Sunlight takes the best of three solo EP's from one of the minds behind Palmkite and Another Word For Fun.

Developed under the working title of 'Neato Fleets / Blood Soda', Giant Peach's first record speaks volumes of the influence the two projects had on one another. Songs previously recorded by Neato Fleets take on a new power and intensity while those first performed by Blood Soda develop a more focused, purposeful clarity.

A fun, infectious EP that absolutely rocks. Inspiring, heartbreaking lyrics, a bizzarre, innovative approach to guitar harmony and a rhythm section with precision and style. A set of unique coming-of-age songs that strive to appreciate the meaning of youth without getting too attached to it.

An EP that somehow feels very calm despite the myriad of rhythmic and harmonic ideas being articulated every few seconds. Sympathetic, intellectual songs simultaneously focused on objective observations and the essential feeling of an experience.

Reflecting on life as though seeing it for the first time, FSTT produces an EP as dense with music and ideas as a stack of standard albums. Guitars move away from percussive work as the group begins to develop their signature style.

Capturing a texture that emerges naturally, 'Awake' collages field recording cassettes and harmonic ambient soundscapes of guitar and voice into a huge, free flowing environment. An album more about sonic experience and less about structure or idea.

Occasional words dot the surface of this beautifully relaxed, improvisationaly structured record as its elements are allowed to casually develop an internal relationship. A unique, accepting music of rare beauty.

The first LOI comp is a mix of local artists and people who came through town to play DIY shows in garages and basements. Each artist contributed previously unreleased material, resulting in a very intimate feeling record made almost entirely of home recorded outtakes.

Thinking about sound, not just music, this collection of recordings from 2008 ranges from gentle astral landscapes to insanely wild biological guitar solos. The pulsing, calm frenzy can feel as appropriate walking through a busy subway station as it does in a forest, with occasional lyrics intended to evoke a feeling rather than to convey an idea. 'Songs March-June' shares a rare approach to writing music that is the opposite of controlling, allowing sounds to happen and then working with them in the context from which they emerge. At peaks of intensity it builds toward a beautiful, peaceful chaos that feels like a beehive or an anthill, a sound with no notes that feel like music. A sampled voice on the 27th track remarks: "Remember the purpose of your planetarium projector is to help you zero in on the stars of the real night sky, where all the action is taking place.."

Calm instrumental water songs from the two musicians who would later collaborate as guitarists in Palmkite. Ambient music with arrangements flowing seamlessly through a variety of instrumental voicings and tonal colors.

The only release from this fun, ambitious indy-pop group featuring musicians who would go on to form Palmkite, FSTT and many other projects. Intensely detailed, collaboratively written songs that sound like classical music with tight, upbeat drums.

A distorted bootleg that captures the wild intensity and gentle beauty of this huge sounding two-piece in a way that couldnt have been achieved in a studio. The guitar lurches violently between opposite extremes: howling like an unhinged beast on one beat, calmly articulating a melody the next. Some of these songs would later be reinterpreted in Giant Peach.